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the early warning about the bombing suspect. what ahmad khan rahami's father told authorities two years ago. and why that case was closed. also tonight, the wells fargo fraud scandal. the top man at the bank is called to account. >> i am deeply sorry that we failed in our responsibility to our customers. >> the costly mistake triple a says that millions are making when they fill their gas tank. >> and, brangelina, it is all over. hollywood's ultimate power couple splits. ? >> announcer: this is the cbs "overnight news."
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prosecutors have filed federal terrorism charges against him. earlier we learned that the man arrested in the weekend bombings in new york city and seaside park, new jersey, had been at one time, on the fbi's radar. homeland security correspondent jeff pegues begins our coverage. >> reporter: two years before the bombings, ahmad khan rahami's father says he warned police that his son might be a terrorist. >> i called the fbi two years ago. >> and what did you tell them? >> i told them you got a connection with this guy. >> reporter: a senior official tells cbs news, rahami's father mohammad called his son a terrorist during a heated argument at the new jersey family home. so heated police were called to the house. but the father later recanted his statement and the fbi never
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another charge and had a defense lawyer. today, the fbi said it conducted internal database reviews. interagency checks. and multiple interviews of ahmad rahami none of which revealed ties to terrorism. after rahami was captured during a shootout with police monday, investigators found a notebook spattered with blood and pierced by a bullet. one police source described writings as gibberish. and quoted osama bin laden and anwar al-awlaki. rahami wrote of pipe bombs and cooker bombs in the streets. he also wrote about wanting to live in peace. investigators are still trying to determine if rahami was acting alone. and they're looking closely at his trips overseas to afghanistan and pakistan. in 2013, rahami stayed in quetta, pakistan for a year, a known hotbed for al qaeda and taliban and made multiple trips to afghanistan where he and his family are from.
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according to police, rahami is in critical-but-stable condition. the two officers injured in yesterday's shootout are out of the hospital. a government official confirms that rahami's wife is in dubai and is apparently cooperating with investigators. late today, ahmad khan rahami was hit with several federal charges including use of a weapon of mass destruction. jeff pegues investigating for us. thank you. anna werner learned more about rahami's past. >> reporter: rahami lived here with his family, above their chicken restaurant in elizabeth, new jersey. he first came to the u.s. from afghanistan sources say. as a baby just a couple months aold. he attended edison high school in new jersey where one classmate contacted by cbs news described him as nice and easy going. others said he was quiet and kept to himself. this man knew rahami and his
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problem or a menace in school or society, or in the community. >> reporter: as a teenager, he and a girlfriend had a child. a daughter now in elementary school. after high school, he attended nearby middlesex county college, where he majored in criminal justice. a spokesman says he was a full time student from fall 2010 through fall 2012. but never graduated. neighbors said he later began working at his family's checken restaurant. in h trips to afghanistan and pakistan, he married. in 2014 he made efforts to bring his wife into the u.s. new jersey congressman confirmed rahami sent an e-mail from pakistan to his office, wanting to know the status of an entry visa and passport for his wife. she was later denied the visa the office said because she was fund to be 35 weeks pregnant and would have needed pakistani passports for herself and the baby to gain entry into the united states. now, the office says rahami told
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the congressman said his office did not have any reason to be concerned about rahami at that time. >> anna werner, thank you. now to the presidential election which is seven weeks from today. nancy cordes is covering the clinton campaign. ? ? >> reporter: with 49 days left, clinton's pitch to young voters and black voters has gotten blunter. >> i need you. i need you. i need you. >> reporter: that was clinton on the "steve harvey radio show" this morning and brought up the fatal shooting of an unarmed blackman in a traffic stop in tulsa. >> this is just unbearable. it needs to be intolerable. clinton phoned in from her chappaqua new york home where she spent the day prepping for
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tweeted. hillary clinton is taking the day off again. she needs the rest. sleep well, hillary. see you at the debate. >> clinton's lighter public schedule in the face of tightening polls prompted some concern among donors and supporters. in a new memo her campaign manager reassures them that hillary clinton has many paths to 270 electoral votes. while donald trump has very few. it is an assertion even republicans strategists concede is true. clinton can get close to 270 by winning 15 reliably democratic states and district of columbia and five states that consistently lean her way in the polls. from there she would need to pick up one or two of the remaining seven tossup states. while trump needs to win six of the seven. clinton may have won the support of a former republican president, george h.w. bush. robert kennedy's daughter, kathleen kennedy townsend visited with him and wrote on
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voting for hillary. bush spokesman would neither confirm nor deny. >> nancy cordes for us tonight. thank you. today, president obama took to the world stage and lashed out at donald trump. without mentioning him by name. here is mr. obama in his final address to the u.n. general assembly as president. >> today a nation ringed by walls would only imprison itself. so the answer cannot be a simple rejection of global integration. the embers of extreme is will continue to burn. countless human beings will suffer. most of all in that region. but extremism will continue to be exported overseas. and the world is too small for us to simply be able to build a
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cbs cares. donald trump is facing questions to night about his charitable foundation. after a report today in "the washington post." the foundation spent more than a quarter of a million dollars of donated money to settle lawsuits against trump businesses. that could be illegal. here's major garrett. >> if i give a lot of money to people and charities and everything. i love people. >> reporter: donald trump talks a good game about philanthropy. according to tax records he hasn't given to the foundation that bears his name since 2008. the documents show trump's foundation wrote a $100,000 check to the fisher house which provides homes to injured veterans and families to settle a lawsuit filed by palm beach against his mar-a-lago club.
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to the charity of a man who sued in 2010 for withholding prize money after he scored a hole in one at one of trump's golf courses. in another instance, trump's foundation paid $10,000 at a charity auction in 2014 for a portrait painted of trump. it was the second time trump used foundation fund for a portrait of him. nearly all of the foundation money since 2006 has come from other donors. federal state law prohibit use of charitable fund for personal or business gain. david farenthold of "the washington post," investigated trump's charity for months. i talked to tax experts, who say they have never seen some body use character tee to pay off legal settlements for for profit businesses. >> trump's campaign had no comment at today's rally. trump said he would use other people's money to build a border wall and resettle refugees.
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trump is already using other people's money. >> major garrett reporting for us tonight. major, thank you. >> trump and clinton will hold their first debate next monday evening. in hempstead, new york. cbs news will bring it to you live. beginning at 9:00 eastern time. trump's son, donald trump jr. is taking the heat this evening for a tweet in which he used skittles to represent syrian refugees. he wrote, "if i skittles. and i told you just three would kill you. would you take a handful?" and among those taking issue are the makers of skittles. the wrigley company said today, "skittles are candy. refugees are people." the refugee crisis for the most part involves millions of syrians fleeing civil war. tonight, the u.s. is blaming russia for yesterday's attack on
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the trucks were heading to a section of aleppo that has been starved by the syrian regime. elizabeth palmer continues her reporting from aleppo. >> reporter: morning light revealed the scale of the destruction. scorched wreckage and tons of humanitarian aid, food and basic supplies, scattered in all directions. the red crescents local head, was among the dead. he had set out with a convoy on monday to deliver aid in a rebel-held area. but after dark, a witness caught the moment the convoy was hit. multiple air strikes say witnesses, blew up not only the loaded trucks, but also the red crescent's warehouse. >> more than 20 vehicles. 20 trucks full of food. >> reporter: rescue crews among the first on the scene. >> pampers. pampers. aid from the u.n. >> reporter: it took the syrian
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even off to acknowledge that the strike had occurred. shortly after that, the syrian military came out and said, they had had nothing to do with it. u.n. representatives said earlier in the day, that the convoy was hit by air strikes. the only planes in the air in the area at the time were syrian and/or russian. and the pentagon is saying tonight, that preliminary indications show it was a russian aircraft that hit the convoy. all the russians deny it. as for the u.n., they're no longer calling it an air strike at all. but simply an attack. diplomatic language, scott that is going to infuriate some people. but may just help to rescue a cease-fire in tatters. >> elizabeth palmer inside devastated aleppo. liz, thank you very much. today on capitol hill, the head of wells fargo said he is deeply sorry for a growing scandal. to meet sales quotas, bank employees opened millions of
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without telling the customers. the bank was fined $185 million. john blackstone is following this. >> i accept full responsibility for all unethical sales practices in our retail banking business. >> reporter: despite his apology, wells fargo ceo john stumpf came under withering criticism with democratic senator elizabeth warren leading the charge. >> did you fire any of the people? >> no. okay. you haven't resigned. you haven't returned a single nickel of your earnings, you haven't fired a single senior executive. your definition of accountable ties push the blame to your low level employees. it is gutless leadership. >> stumpf admitted his employees opened 2 million credit and checking accounts that may not have been authorized by customers.
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you should resign. you should give back the money that you took while this scam was going on. and you should be criminally investigated. this just isn't right. >> wells fargo fired 5300 lower level employees because of the unauthorized accounts. ruth landaver department. was a credit manager in 2010. >> every hour you had to report how you were doing on sales to customers? >> yes, yes. >> she said she left because of the intense sales pressure. >> credit card with us i would force a credit card if the system said you were approved for it. i had to sell this to you. >> that to sell it to me. >> had to. or we would get reprimanded. >> as well as ceo's apology, wells fargo apologized to customers in newspaper ads and e-mails. but in its settlement with regulators, scott, the bank has not admitted any wrongdoing. >> john blackstone tonight. thank you.
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>> reporter: this quiktrip north of atlanta ran out of fuel four days age disappointed drivers were circling through all afternoon. mary madison was rung on empty. how long have you been looking? >> for two days. >> reporter: just as bad in the region. alabama to north carolina. it supplies the east coast with 40% of the fuel. birmingham, alabama on september 9th. hazardous vapors, prevented crews from getting near the week until a week later. gas prices jumped in five states. in georgia average for regular was up 27 cents. south carolina, 18 cents. tennessee, 15. and north carolina, 11. gary townsend with triple a in georgia.
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take before things are back to normal? >> once the fix becomes effective. we thing it will be a few days before everything gets back to normal. >> governor pat mccrory said he was concerned. >> the pipeline is not resilient to interruptions. and we wish there was a more resilient type of structure for a nation. >> reporter: another concern is pric in north carolina more than 1,000 people have complained. scott the attorney general sent pampers. unlike ordinary diapers with two layers, pampers have three absorbent layers to stay up to three times drier,
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than detergent alone. sorry dishwasher. finish? jet-dry?. for drier, shinier dishes. a study out today says if you are pumping premium gas into your tank, you may be pouring money down the drain. here is transportation correspondent kris van cleave. >> it is a mistake, 16.5 million americans made at least once in the last 12 months. filling up with premium or high octane gas, when their vehicle only requires regular 87 octane. >> depending on the kind of car you have. much better for it. [ indiscernible ] >> reporter: triple a estimates americans have used high end gas instead of regular, 270 million times in the last year, essentially wasting 2.1 billion dollars.
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sound like a treat. john neilson from aaa says the auto club tested cars designed for regular unleaded gas and found premium on average costs 23% more offered no benefit at all. >> the truth is if your car is designed to run on regular gasoline, using premium fuel or 93 octane isn't going to make it run better, get better fuel economy or lower emissions. >> reporter: 16% of cars require premium fuel. tip like high performance or luxury vehicles. 10% of vehicles on the roads require the mid grade. but 7 in ten cars, call for regular gasoline. now, certainly you can put premium in any vehicle. scott, your owners manual will tell you the grade of gas your car was designed for. >> kris van cleave, thank you. up next, a high-octane hollywood couple on the road to
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it is a hollywood ending. brad pitt and angelina jolie. here is carter evans. >> reporter: they were so famous together, they became one word. brangelina. brad pitt and angelina jolie were the ultimate red carpet couple. oscar winners.
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and parents. but after 12 years together. jolie filed for divorce from pitt monday due to irreconcilable differences, jolie's lawyer said the decision was made for the health of the family. in a 2012 interview with cbs "sunday morning brad pitt talked about parenting his large family. >> listen, i admit there are times. we have got to get up. get up. here are your shoes. drink this coke, coke, coca-cola. right now. drink it. drink it. drink it. so we can get them up and going. >> pitt and jolie's love story started in 2005 on the set of "mr. and mrs. smith." the couple quickly became tabloid regulars and six children later they were married in 2014. outside the spotlight, jolie and pitt traveled the world raising millions of dollars for refugees, and victims of hurricane katrina. brangelina has become a brand. says matt bellamy, executive
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"the hollywood reporter." >> the collective star power that the two people have is unprecedented in the modern media universe. >> reporter: they're worth about $400 million. they made three movies together. the latest "my sea" the story of a disintegrated marriage. after filming, jolie reflected on her own relationship: >> you have to embrace those hard times and challenges and know that is part of your marriage. hopefully it never gets as bad as the couple in this movie. >> reporter: but reality intervened. soon the story of brangelina carter evans, cbs news, hollywood. and that's the "overnight news" for this wednesday. for some of you, the news continues. for others check back with us a little bit later for the morning news. and of course, cbs this morning. from the broadcast center in new york city, i'm scott pelley.
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captioning funded by cbs it's wednesday, september 21st, 2016. this is the "cbs morning news." violent protests erupt in police shot and killed a man they say was armed with a gun. federal terrorism charges have been filed against ahmed khan rahami. suspected of setting off bonmbs in new york and new jersey. a hollywood power couple splits citing irreconcilable differences. angelina jolie files for divorce from brad pitt. good morning from the studio
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headquarters in new york. good to be with you. i'm meg oliver in for anne-marie green. violent protests broke out overnight, after a black man was killed by police in charlotte, north carolina. dozens of demonstrators took to the streets in the northeast section of the city not far from a college campus. police were injured in the clashes. local reports say threw rocks at cars on an interstate and a stretch of the highway was closed. hen aa daniels is here with more. >> reporter: city official in chart are calling for calm this morning after a fatal police shooting of a black man who sparked violent protests overnight. relatives of keith lamont scott say he was shot by officers while reading a book inside his car. but police maintain he had a gun. demonstrators knelt down with their hands up along the charlotte roadway overnight, steps away from officers in riot gear.
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police fired tear gas and dispersed a crowd. some protests in attendance kicked the canisters back and others took turns hurling water bottles and rocks and damaging countless squad cars. chaos erupted hours after keith lamont scott was killed by police at this apartment complex yesterday afternoon. officers were there looking for a suspect with an outstanding warrant when they encountered the 43-year-old getting out of his car. he was not the man they were looking armed with a handgun that we found on scene as well. made some eminent threat to them. because of that, at least one of our officers fired. [ screaming ] >> reporter: this distraught woman, who says she is the victim's daughter, live streamed the aftermath on facebook for more than an hour. she shared a different view of what happened.
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[ bleep ] reading a [ bleep ] book [ bleep ] and because he is black. >> reporter: the victim's sister also spoke out. >> they jumped out of their truck and said "hands up." he got a gun, h got a gun. pow pow pow. >> reporter: the officer identified is brandon vincent, an african-american on the force since 2014. authorities say he has been placed on administrative leave. at least 12 officers were injured during last night's protests. one officer was hit in the face with a rock. authorities say they are interviewing witnesses as part of their investigation. meg? >> hena daniels for us in new york, thank you. meanwhile, oklahoma's governor is urging calm in tulsa after another case of an officer killing an unarmed black man. the city's police chief promises a fair and transparent investigation of terence crutcher's death. an attorney for the officer who shot crutcher last friday said she thought he was reaching for a gun. a lawyer from crutcher's family
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>> how could he be reaching into the car if the window is up and there is blood on the glass? >> reporter: the officer betty shelby is on paid leave. police say they found pcp in crutcher's suv. the justice department is also investigating. the suspect in the new york and new jersey bombings wrote that he hoped the sounds of bombs will be heard in the streets. ahmad khan rahami's handwritten journal yesterday as federal prosecutors charged him with terrorism. brook silva-braga reports. >> reporter: 28-year-old bombing suspect rahami now faces at least ten federal charges. in complaints filed in both new york and new jersey, investigators say he bought bomb making materials off ebay this summer. it also says he is seen on a video blowing up a device in his
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rahami's father said he warned the fbi about his son in 2014. >> what did you tell them? >> reporter: the fbi says their meeting came after a neighbor overheard when the father called his son a terrorist and when the fbi questioned his father, he said it had been said in anger and wasn't true. the fbi never questioned rahami himself because he was in jail but said they did check databases and closed their inquire after finding nothing almi investigators say they found a blood spattered notebook when they apprehended rahami. one described the writings as gibberish. he quoted osama bin laden and wrote about pipe combs and cooker bombs and oppression in in the west. he also wrote that he wanted to live in peace. pete hammer is one of the two officers shot during the gun fight and returned home from the hospital tuesday night. >> i feel like i got shot in the
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rahami is not cooperating with their investigation. a new air raid overnight in syria reportedly killed four medical workers near aleppo. the human rights group blamed russian or syrian jets. this comes after a deadly attack on an aid convoy in syria on monday. the u.s. holds russia responsible. russia denies its claims were involved. the attack killed 20 civilians and prompted the u.n. to suspend all aid convoys in syria. russia says it believes the convoys were struck to the ground. the u.n. and the u.s. all say it was an air strike. the global refuge crisis caused in part by the syrian war was the focus of president obama's speech at the united nations. he announced yesterday that 52 countries have agreed to take in 360,000 migrants next year. aid groups say that is far short of what is needed. the u.n. says 65 million people have fled their homes because of
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hillary clinton and donald trump say their campaign fund-raise is last month broke records, a record $233 million. meanwhile, questions are being raised by trump's foundation. major garrett says some of the spending may have been illegal. >> i give a lot of money to people and charities and everything. i love people. >> reporter: donald trump talks a good game about philanthropy but according to tax records, he hasn't given to the foundation that b the documents also show that trump's foundation wrote a 100,000 dollar check in 2007 to the fisher house which provides homes to injured veterans and their families to settle a lawsuit against the town of palm beach against his mar-a-lago club. trump's for instance foundation also sent 158,000 to the charity of a man who sued in 2010 for withholding prize money after he
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in another instances, trump's foundation paid $10,000 at a charity auction in 2014 for a portrait painted of trump. it was the second time trump used foundation funds for a portrait of him. nearly all of the foundation's money since 2006 has come from other donors. federal and state law prohibits the use of charitable funds for personal or business gain. david feherty of "the washin trump's charity for months. >> i talk to tax experts who said they have never seen anything he has done the last few years which is use the money in his charity to basically pay off the legal settlements of his for-profit businesses. >> reporter: trump's campaign had no comment at monday's rally. trump said he would use other people's money to build a border wall and resettle refuges when it comes to trump's charity? he is already using other people's money. major garrett, cbs news, keenansville, north carolina. senators from both parties
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over the bank's phony account scandal. they made it clear yesterday that john stumpf's apology was far from enough. >> did you fire. >> no. >> any of those people? >> no? okay?pso you haven't resigned. you haven't returned a single nickel of your personal earnings. you haven't fired a single inspector executive. instead, evidently, your definition of accountable is to push the blame to your low-level employees. it's gutless leadership! >> senator elizabeth warren wants criminal and civil investigations. bank wanted every customer to have eight wells fargo products. stumpf admitted that workers opened phony accounts to meet that goal. coming up on the "morning news." training mission tragedy. the u-2 plane crashes in northern california and only one
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declared the costliest in history. there was a deadly u-2 plane crash. those are some of the headlines on the morning newsstand. the "los angeles times" reports a u.s. military spy plane crashed in california, killing one pilot and injuring another. the u-2 crashed shortly after taking off on a training mission yesterday morning from beal air force base, north of sacramento. investigation into the cause of the crash is under way. the fayettev teacher is now on paid administrative leave after allegedly stomping on the u.s. flag during class. this photo taken inside the classroom shows lee francis standing over a crumpled flag during a lesson on the first amendment. francis is set to discuss the incident with school officials tomorrow. "the washington post" reports an elementary school cafeteria cashier
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lunch policy. stacy said she resigned after she had to take away hot meals from two children. a new rule prevents staff from serving hot meals to students who owe more than $25. instead, they are given a cold cheese sandwich. school board members says the policy helps recover thousands in unpaid lunch fees. the "atlantic" reports on a california wildfire that has become the most expensive in u.s. history to fight. the fire along the state's big sur coast has burned more than 185 square miles and cost more than $206 billion just to fight. two months after it began, the wildfire is only two-thirds contained. more than 2,000 firefighters are battling it. "npr" reports fitness trackers may not help you get fit. a two-year long study of obese and overweight young adults did not use the wearable trackers and lost more weight than those who did. researchers think dieters might use reaching fitness goals as an excuse to indulge and others
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on the cbs "moneywatch," a gas shortage in the south may soon ease. and holiday hiring gets under way. jill wagner is at the new york stock exchange with that and more. good morning, jill. >> good morning, meg. the federal reserve is set to announce today its economic outlook and whether the central bank will raise interest rates. most experts expect that the fed will keep them as is. the dow gained nine points yesterday. the s&p closed less than a point higher. the nasdaq added six. the damaged pipeline that has caused gasoline shortages in parts of the southeast is expected to start flowing again today. still, it could take days before the gas makes its way to stations that have run dry in the carolinas, alabama, georgia, and tennessee. where there is gas, long lines of drivers waited to fuel up and they paid much higher prices. crews finished a bypass line yesterday after the main line sprung a leak in alabama and more than 250,000 gallons have
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the ceo of the pharmaceutical company that drastically increased the price of its life saving epipens is scheduled to testify before a house committee today. mila -- mylan's ceo will testify. the wholesale price of a two-pack is now more than $600 and up $100 in 2009. brush is suspected to tell lawmakers she believed the company balanced price with access to the drug. samsung says it will have replacement note 7 smartphones available today for customers who bought one of the potentially dangerous devices. the company is recalling 1 million note 7's in the united states because of a risk that the battery could catch fire. there are at least 26 cases of users suffering burns and 55 more of the phones causing property damage. macy's is joining other retailers and hiring tens of thousands of temporary employees
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workers to its department stores and call centers and shipping facilities. kohl's announced its hiring about 69,000 temporary employees. target is hiring about 70,000. meg, just like that, we are talking holidays. >> we have 94 days to go until christmas, jill. i just looked it up! still seems pretty far off, right? >> but who is counting? >> exactly. jill wagner at the new york stock exchange, thanks a lot, jill. still ahead, hollywood shocker. angelina jolie and brad pitt call it quits after more than a decade together. i talked to my doctor and found a missing piece in my asthma treatment with breo. once-daily breo prevents asthma symptoms. breo is for adults with asthma not well controlled on a long-term asthma control medicine, like an inhaled corticosteroid. breo won't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems. breo opens up airways to help improve breathing for a full 24 hours.
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increases the risk of death from asthma problems and may increase the risk of hospitalization in children and adolescents. breo is not for people whose asthma is well controlled on a long-term asthma control medicine, like an inhaled corticosteroid. once your asthma is well controlled, your doctor will decide if you can stop breo and prescribe a different asthma control medicine, like an inhaled corticosteroid. do not take breo more than prescribed. see your doctor if your asthma does not improve or gets worse. ask your doctor if 24-hour breo could be a missing piece for you.
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jolie are divorcing. millions of dollars in earnings between the entertainers could be at stake. danielle nottingham has more. >> reporter: angelina jolie and brad pitt separated five days ago and, today, jolie's attorney confirmed the actress has filed for divorce. according to papers filed monday with the los angeles superior court, the actress cited irreconcilable differences and she is asking for physical custody of the couple's six children and she wants to limit pitt to visitation and physical custody. according to the entertainment website tmz, the actress's decision to file for divorce has to do with the way brad was parenting the children. she was extremely upset with his methods. the couple adopted three children and have three of their own. jolie's attorney released a statement saying the decision was made for the health of the family. in a statement to "people"
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saddened by this but what matters most is the well-being of our kids. >> the fact you had two people that not only knew about the power of their notoriety to advance the causes they cared about, that is the interesting thing going on here and it's interesting to see how they do it separately. >> reporter: jolie and pitt married in 2014 in a private ceremony in france. the couple had been together since 2004 after co-starring in the film "mr. and mrs. smith." the two recently starred in the box office dud "by the sea" playing a glamorous couple in a rocky marriage, vacationing in france. danielle nottingham, cbs news, los angeles. tomorrow is the first official day of fall, but the tree picked out. it will come from the whispering pine tree farms northeast of green bay, wisconsin. the treat will be cut down in november. coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning," the latest in luggage tracking devices. i'm meg oliver.
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here is another look at this morning's top stories. violence erupted overnight in charlotte, north carolina. demonstrators clashed with police after a black man was fatally shot by an officer. at least 12 officers were hurt in the protests. filed against bombing suspect ahmad khan rahami including use of weapons of mass destruction. he is accused of the bombings in new york and new jersey over the weekend. court papers quoted violent writings from his journal offering a glimpse into what might have motivated the attacks. donald trump jr. is being widely criticized for a social media post about syrian immigrants.
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the refuges to skittles, saying if i told you just three would kill you, would you take a handful? trump's running mate mike pence defended the post, calling it a metaphor. but hillary clinton's campaign slammed it. the company that makes the candy called the comparison inappropriate. a new report says if you're pumping premium into your gas tank, you may be pouring money down the drain. kris van cleave has details. >> reporter: it's a mistake 14 last year. filling up with premium or high octane gas when their vehicle only requires regular 87 octane. >> depends on what kind of car you have. premium is much better for it. >> the lid. i prefer to use plus. engine good. >> reporter: aaa estimates americans have used the high-end gas instead of regular 270
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essentially wasting $2.1 billion. >> i think it's easy to believe that something that says premium sounds like a treat. >> reporter: john nielson from aaa says the auto club tested cars for regular and unleaded gas and found that premium that costs 23% more, offered no benefit at all. >> but the truth is if your car is designed to run on regular gasoline, using the premium fuel or 93 octane isn't going to make it run better, get better fuel economy or have lower emissions. >> reporter: just 16% of cars require premium fuel and those are typically high performance or luxury vehicles. another 10% of the vehicles on the roads require the mid grade, but 7 in 10 cars call for regular gasoline. of course, you can absolutely use premium gas in any vehicle. you just may not see any benefits for the extra money. your owner's manual will tell you what kind of fuel your vehicle requires. kris van cleave, cbs news, washington. coming up after your local news on "cbs this morning,"
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track your luggage. we will show you the devices. plus, more from anthony mason's interview with bruce springsteen that you haven't seen, as the rocker opens up about his depression. and we speak with five pioneers who broke racial barriers in their fields as the smithsonian national museum of african-american history and culture gets ready to open to the public. that is the "cbs morning news" for this wednesday. thanks for watching. i'm meg oliver.
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